Bearing



Dec. 26, 1933. M. c. LARSON Er AL 1,940,756

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PATENT. ,oFFIc 1,940,756 BEARING Magnus C. Larson and John J. Volansky,

Pottsville, Pa.

Application April 7, 1932. Serial No. 603,878

' i 1 Claim. (01.308-211) This invention relates to bearings and is an improvement overthe type of bearing forming the subject matter of Patent No. 1,845,425 granted to Magnus C. Larson et al., February 16,

The present invention together with its numerous objects and advantages will be best understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the bearing.

Figure 2'is a sectional elevational view therethrough taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the bearing. I

Figure 4 is a sectional elevational View taken substantially on the line 44 of Figure 2, and

Figure 5 is a plan View showing tapered rollers mounted between inner and outer rings.

Referring more in detail 'to' the drawings it will be seen that 1 indicates a sleeve through which in spaced relation extends a shaft 2 that projects at its ends beyond the corresponding ends of the sleeve 1, and is providedat said ends with I threads 3. The sleeve 1 at each end thereof is provided with a grooved collar 4. I

At each end of the sleeve 1 there is a disk 5 that has its inner circular edge engaging in the circumferential groove of the proximate collar 4 at the end of sleeve 1, and the disks 5 are provided with conical inner faces. A diskfi; also having a conical inner face is threaded for adjustment on each endof shaft 2, and suitable means such' as a locking pin '7 may be provided for secur-- ing the disk 6 at the desired adjustment.

Disposed between the outer marginal edges of a disk 5 and a proximate disk 6 is a stationary annular casing 8, the same being of slightly greater diameter than the diameters of the disks 5 and 6 as shown in Figure 2.

Fixed within the annulus 8 between thedisks 5 and 6 are inner and outer rings 9' and 10 respectively,'the inner ring 9 being of less width than the outer ring 10 and extending concentrically to and spaced from the shaft 2.

The rings 9 and 10 have'their edges beveled as shown. The outer ring 10 is fixedly secured. to the inner periphery of the annulus 8 by sweating or in any'other suitable manner; and the rings 9 and 10 are provided withradially alined tapered openings in which ,theend portions of tapered provided I sleeve and shaft disks.

secured together through'the medium of grooves I 14' which are disposed radially between the tapered rollers 12, and the rivets or bolts 14 have-at the ends thereof tapered heads countersunk in th I .rings 9 and 10. 1 I

In actual practice the disks 5 are madefast to.

the sleeve 1 in any suitable manner, and it will be To use the bearing as a wheel support vehicle I the bearings can be rigidly secured to the under frame of the vehicle either by suitably and fixedly mounting the sleeve 1 on said frame or by increasing the length of shaft 2 and suitably mounting the ends thereof on the vehicle frame, the annular casing 8 including as rims, and the parts associated therewith serving as the other necessary parts .of the wheel. I 7

Even though-we have shown and described the preferred embodiment of our invention, it is to be understood that we do not wish to limit ourselves to the precise details of construction,'combination and'arrangement of elements as herein shown, but claim all such forms of the invention to which we are entitled in view of the requiremerits of the priorart and scope of the appended claim. I

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is: v

I vMeans for the purpose described comprising in the sleeve and havingouter conical faces, a shaft arrangedin and spaced. from the sleeve and extending throughout the length of the sleeve and beyond the ends thereof and having threaded end combination a sleeve, disks carried at the ends of i portions, threaded disks mounted on said threaded end portions of the shaft andhaving inner conical faces, annular members surrounding and spaced from the perimeters of the sleeve and shaft disks and having apertured rings at their inner sides, inner apertured rings interposed between and spaced from the shaft disks and the ends of the sleeve, means extending between and :fixedly connected to the outer and inner rings,

on said tapered pins and interposed between and contacting with the conical faces of the'opposed JOHN J. VOLANSKY.

MAGNUS c. LARSON. V 

